Now that the story’s over, everyone’s gone, this old theater’s left all empty
Names of the cast scroll away, vanishing before no one’s assembly
Even still there are those who haven’t stood from their seats quite so quickly
All with the feeling that there’s something left to be projected on screen

“Maybe it should have happened differently”
They would then complain to themselves
But you know, the past can’t be rewritten quite so easily

Once the endroll’s over, and the lights flicker back on
A cold loneliness is there, and no anticipation
It’s so sad to think about, it always hurts a lot
But that doesn’t mean that there’s nothing left here at all

Gently locked away in remembering the scene
Watching it pass in the present
‘Cause soon enough, the movie we are acting
Will come to its conclusion

Gently the lights flicker on, washing over and waking sleepy eyes
And as soon as it’s over, the dream starts to fade with a goodbye
While waking up and reaffirming their senses of being alive
The audience turns away and walks out toward a distant sky

Outside the end of the worldly lands,
There are things waiting for you
So by the end, take that blank and uncertain future into your own hands

Once the endroll’s over, and the lights flicker back on
A cold loneliness is there, and no anticipation
It’s so sad to think about, it always hurts a lot
But that doesn’t mean that there’s nothing left here at all

Gently locked away in remembering the scene
Watching it pass in the present
Won’t you let this scenario teach you something?
Reality has only just begun

How much have we done, what we could do, all through this little star?
Crossing through an eternity
It’ll always be in our memories
All the times you have lost your way
You, who we will never meet
We hope you brush off darkness and dismay
And become the light we see

(If you don’t call it an “endroll”, the line “Once the endroll’s over” could be easily substituted with “Once the credits have rolled”)